Marriage Banns translation help needed

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Re: Marriage Banns translation help needed

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scraig32 wrote: 21 Oct 2021, 01:58

Here is the link to the marriage of Mariano DiStefano on the Palermo 10 year index- the reason I thought they were married in Santa Ninfa and not Palermo.

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... ewsIndex=0

Maybe the following link helps: http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... ewsIndex=0

The city of Palermo was divided into several areas/districts of which Santa Ninfa was one of the four main areas/districts.

Just my two cents here.

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Angela is right, and in fact, the marriage is catalogued under Palermo (Sezione Santa Ninfa)(oggi Palermo).
More confusion is added by the fact that the groom appears to be born in Santa Ninfa, province of Trapani, a town that actually exists.
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Yes, it is explained in English on Image 3 of the 10 year index. So Santa Ninfa was a part of Palermo and not another comune.
In modern terms we'd say a 'quartiere' of the town.
I looked at Wikipedia, it says now Palermo is divided in many quartieri, but the name Santa Ninfa seems no longer existing.
Perhaps someone living in Palermo knows which part of the town had that name and if that church was or not in Santa Ninfa.
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Ah, allora il luogo di nascita citato era un'altra Santa Ninfa (non ho riletto tutti i documenti).
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Thank you Pippo, Angela and cedrone!!!This has all been VERY helpful!!! I really appreciate your time on this.

Suzanne
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